All About Muscles

ALL ABOUT MUSCLES

Generally, we don't give our muscles much thought unless we start noticing stiffness, resistance to movement or pain.  It's important to understand that our muscles are interconnected, working like a system of pulleys and cables to stabilize and operate our joints. Some muscles have significantly greater roles than others in stabilization and function.

To understand how some muscles more than others stabilize the skeletal frame let's use a simple analogy : the walls in your house. There are load bearing and non-load bearing walls. The positioning of load bearing walls is critical to the structural integrity of a building. They hold and distribute weight from the roof of the structure to the foundation. If a load bearing wall is weakened or poorly constructed then walls can crack, floors sag and even the whole building can collapse. Secondary walls act as braces or supports to the primary load bearing walls.

This is similar to the muscles in your body, some muscles are key players or foundational to the integrity of the whole muscular system. If these key muscles become weak or unstable it has a domino effect on the other muscles. Secondary muscles compensate in attempt to do jobs they are not designed to do. This causes problems such as joint disease, lesions, ligament instability and other problems. 

STAMINA has identified 38 key muscle groups responsible for stabilization and load management in the body. These muscle groups are referred to as Stabilizing Load Management Muscles with a registered trademark through STAMINA Academy Inc. When your stabilizing load management  muscles are optimally aligned then compensation is eliminated along with painful or debilitating symptoms.